Noun
tablet computer (plural tablet computers)
(computing) A hand-held portable computer characterized by a tablet form factor and a touchscreen interface.
The iPad - contrary to the way most people thought about it - is not a tablet computer running the Apple operating system. It's more like a very big iPhone, running the iPhone operating system. Douglas Rushkoff
In 1991, I co-founded my first start-up, Ink Development, which made software for an early tablet computer. Pierre Omidyar